Lurking in the dark by overalvandaan

Lurking in the dark

For 5+2, theme: monsters

Better viewed on black.
In-camera image overlay, twice.

Lev, my four and half year old, is scared of monsters under his bed. We had a look, but couldn't find any. I asked him if he wanted his mattress on the floor. Yes! And he wanted socks on. Oh, well, okay then. For several weeks he slept on the mattress on the floor, socks on and no mention of monsters. A couple of weeks ago though, he wanted the mattress back on his bed. 'Fine', I said, 'Shall I take your socks off, it's warm enough in bed'. 'No', he replied, 'otherwise the monsters will bite my toes off'. That's how he deals with his monsters.
Really wonderful image. On a scale of 1-10 it's an 11. Really eerie, especially the hand reaching up from below.
March 18th, 2016  
Creeptastic~!!! Really well done!
March 18th, 2016  
Love the story with crafty little Lev keeping his socks on !! and a stunningly creepy scene ! -- I think I should keep more than my socks on ! fav
March 18th, 2016  
Quite eerie. Super shot.
March 18th, 2016  
Very scary , hope he keeps his socks on
March 18th, 2016  
really well done!! poor Lev, you have a nice way of handling that one.
March 18th, 2016  
Ooit de strip Calvin and Hobbes gelezen ? Dan komt dit bekend voor. Mooie fav. opname
March 18th, 2016  
I like so much the double exposure and the transparencies, this is dark and light at he same time!
March 19th, 2016  
This is fabulous. I love the color and flowing lines.
March 19th, 2016  
wonderfully moody
March 19th, 2016  
This is just plain spectacular! Tell your son about 'magic covers' or get him a magic blanket that has the power to stop any and all monsters.
March 19th, 2016  
really love the way this turned out. tells such a story.
March 19th, 2016  
very cool
March 19th, 2016  
creepy
March 19th, 2016  
Greepy!
March 19th, 2016  
Scary - great shot
March 19th, 2016  
Fantastic.
March 19th, 2016  
Superbly done Saxa!!! I love your processing too. And your story is awesome, poor Lev :) :)
March 19th, 2016  
@overalvandaan Dit is in Nederland de : De putter of distelvink (Carduelis carduelis) . De goudvink is een Pyrrhula pyrrhula
March 19th, 2016  
Creepy!! Great story.
March 20th, 2016  
Love the story. Shot great on black
March 20th, 2016  
Love the story and a great mysterious picture with or without the story!
March 25th, 2016  
March 25th, 2016  
Brilliantly done - and love the story to go with it.
April 5th, 2016  
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